Piniella hints at lineup changes

[Abe Frohman]

LF Soriano

SS Theriot

1B Lee

3B Ramirez

CF Edmonds/Johnson

RF DeRosa

CA Soto

2B Fontenot

[biittner77]

I think what Piniella is going to do is more along these lines:

 

Soriano

Theriot

Lee

Ramirez

Hoffpauir RF

Soto

Edmonds

Derosa- or Fontenot if he wants another LH

Pitcher

[Gingerballs Lives]

Theriot

Lee

Ramirez

Soriano

Edmonds

Soto

Derosa

Fukudome

[Moises a loo]

Soriano

Theriot

Fukudome

Lee

Ramirez

Edmonds

DeRosa

Soto

[RedFlash]

Soriano

Theriot

Fukudome

Lee

Ramirez

Edmonds

DeRosa

Soto

 

Why would you want your best hitter have few at-bats this late in the season? ARam hitting 5th makes no sense.

[Gingerballs Lives]

Soriano

Theriot

Fukudome

Lee

Ramirez

Edmonds

DeRosa

Soto

 

I like it. It's aggressive.

[inari]

Soriano

Theriot

Fukudome

Lee

Ramirez

Edmonds

DeRosa

Soto

 

I like it. It's aggressive.

 

Aggressive and bad are synonyms now?

[imb]

Soriano

Theriot

Fukudome

Lee

Ramirez

Edmonds

DeRosa

Soto

 

I like it. It's aggressive.

 

what an aggressive post

[MasterBlaster]

I know we have the best offense in the NL, but I don't mind with Lou fiddling with the lineup right now, as long as it's right now while there's still a month left. That leaves time to see if it works or not, and then tweak again. Lee really isn't performing and needs to be moved down. I don't like Lee in the 2 over Theriot, when riot has 30 points more OBP (.391) than Lee.

 

Derreck had an awesome April, but doesn't seem to be a power threat now, let's see what he can do batting 6 or 7.

[Mizzou]

I really hope that his lineup changes involve moving Lee down in the order. We have far too many good hitters for him to be hitting 3rd.

[Abe Frohman]

You guys think he'll hit DeRosa 3rd?

[bukie]

If I felt the Cubs needed to revamp the lineup (which I don't) and that any Cub would agree to hit anywhere in said lineup (which they wouldn't), I'd probably go:

 

Theriot - with the caveat that he is no longer allowed to steal anything unless the pitcher completely ignores him and then tosses the ball to the backstop

Lee

Ramirez

Soriano

Soto

Edmonds

DeRosa

Fukudome

P

[TruffleShuffle]

Soriano

Lee

ARAM

Soto

DeRo

Fukudome

Hoff

Pitcher

Theriot

 

i would think that it's a poor idea to have the leading obp on the team hitting 9th.

 

not to mention a poor idea having hoffpauir playing rf.

[David]

Soriano

Lee

ARAM

Soto

DeRo

Fukudome

Hoff

Pitcher

Theriot

 

i would think that it's a poor idea to have the leading obp on the team hitting 9th.

 

not to mention a poor idea having hoffpauir playing rf.

 

He may have the highest OBP on the team, but he also has the lowest OPS+/EqA of any regular in the lineup outside of Kosuke (who he is barely higher than)... With his OBP, though, he might actually be a nice fit in the nine spot if the Cubs were ever to go with that kind of lineup.

 

I can't necessarily argue on the Hoff-power part though.